The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-25

Raymond Rees, representing the claimants
OF the property appeared before the body and
made a formal request for the return of the
same TO the heirs Of the Rees estate After
Il full discussion of the matter the question
was referred to the Finance Committee and
City Attorney for further investigation
with instructions to report back to Council
at next regular meeting.
Several of the more intelligent Of the
colored citizens of Americas have taken
exception at the remarks made about them
by Representative Simmons in his recent
controversy with DR.. FELTON, in the House,
and called meeting OF the colored citizens
of Americas to take place at Heads Hail.
on Troup street, last night, where resolu-
tions We're TO be introduced refuting the
charges made against the race. The move
ment was started by G.. w. II. Phillips, a
teacher in the colored free schools of the
city.
There are several prisoners in the peni-
! tertiary for the crime known as beastiality.
| Formerly the punishment for the crime was
! life imprisonment. but of late years the
Legislature has reduced it to not more than
| fifteen years and not less than five.
| There are several prisoners who are
now serving life terms, and it is
sa d that an effort will be made to
have the Governor commute their SEN
fences, as they have in some instances al
ready served as long as the full limit OF the
law now imposes.
Adjt Kell has not vet heard definitely
what company will illustrate Georgia's citi-
zen soldiery at the centennial celebration in
Philadelphia in October. 1t begins to look
as if the State will not have any military
representation beyond the Governor and the
numerous colonies on his staff. But a short
time remains for arrangements TO be made,
and unless one of the numerous Savannah
companies decide to go, the outlook will be
bad for a military contingent from Georgia.
The State will be well represented in the
person of its Chief Magistrate and his mill
tary staff.
Covington Star: "Mr. Frank H. Walker
the young Atlanta lawyer, who has under
taken the defense Of Thomas G. Voolfolk
the man who is charged with numbering
his fathers entire family near Macon, is a
Covington boy, and is the son Of Mr.. Zeb
Walker, of Morgan county, and a grandson
of the late Judge Reynolds, of this city. He
was bright boy, and went to school in
Coviugton, but afterward graduated at
Washington and Lee college in the class of
1888. Since that time he has been engaged
in the practice of law, and is said to be
achieving success"
The good people living in the neighbor-
hood of Moore's Grove church, in Clarke
county, have got about all the barrooms in
their neghborhood that they want at the
present writing, and have published the
caption of bill that they propose to intro
duce IN the Legislature in the next thirty
days, that no spirituous or malt liquors shall
be sold within three miles of the church.
This has reused some of the whisky men
who were thinking of opening barroom in
that neighborhood, and they propose to fight
the bill to the bitter end There will be pc
titions and counter petitions gotten up for
and against it,
Monday evening Robert Altman, who has
been in Augusta several weeks in search of
his wife, who had left him and his house, at
Elko, s. c., for parts unknown was made
happy upon the receipt of telegram from
Elko. William Hair, of that place, wired
Mr.. Altman that his wife had returned and
was at his house. Altman was rapturous
over the good tidings, and telegraphed his
wife TO come to Augusta on the next train,
as he liked the place and was going TO make
1T his future home Altman was deter
mined to find the woman who had deserted
him. but whom, in spite of everything, he
loved better than the world.
The State Anatomical Board was organ
lied at Atlanta Tuesday. Following are the
officers; DIR. Thomas r. Wright, President
DR.. F. w. McRae Secretary. An executive
committee, consisting of DR. George A. Will
cox, of the medical department Of the Uni
Dr. w. ?, Nicolson, DR.. A. g. Thomas and
DR.. l.. ID. Carpenter, were appointed. Dr.
Wright stated, in accepting the Presidency,
that he would see that every part of the
Gambler law was enforced, and there would
be no winking at a violation of any part of
it. The chief Office will be in Atlanta, and
notifications of bodies to be buried at public
expense will be sent to Secretary f. w. Nc
Rae, Atlanta This will be the distributing
point from which bodies will be sent out.
A. E. Williams in Columbus Enquirer
Sun: Harris county has developed mon
strosity in the way of a Baptist preacher, so
called, and this Baptist preacher so-called,
is a pastor of two Baptist churches, So
called. am reliably informed that this
so-called minister of the gospel breaches
non-intercommunion between churches of
the same faith and order, that he fights pro-
hibltion with might and main on the
ground that liquor is harmless beverage
ard that on Saturday last, to cap the climax
of his crooked doctrines, he actually preached
in the Baptist church at Hamilton that the
soul is mortal and not immortal Now,
while this 'piney-woods woolhat preacher
rs he takes pride in calling himself, is Grim
inally at fault, the churches of which he is
pastor are not one whit less to blame for al
lowing him the use of their pulpits in pas
toral relation to promulgate his unscriptu-
raj doctrines. If it is true that this man
breaches against the immortality of the
soul, then the Columbus Association cannot
do otherwise than to sever their connection
with the churches of which he is a pastor.
i am told that on yesterday, when the
Lords table was set i'll the Baptist church
at Hamilton and the ordinance was ready
TO be administered. that this so-called minis
ter of the Gospel deliberately picked up his
hat and walked out ~